February 2012
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January 2012
10 posts
The Most Badass Excerpt From Barney Frank's...
Interviewer: You’ve long argued for the decriminalization of marijuana. Do you smoke weed?
Barney Frank: No.
Interviewer: Why not?
Barney Frank: Why do you ask a question, then act surprised when I give an answer? Do you think I lie to people?
Interviewer: I thought you might explain why you support decriminalizing it but don’t smoke it.
Barney Frank: Do you think I’ve ever had an abortion?
Things what I learn when I dance: First Post →
doingthelindyhop:
I get frustrated because I don’t have a big bag of tricks yet and sometimes I think I am boring the follow because of this.
Don’t worry too much about building your arsenal of moves just yet. The two most important things to get engrained into your brain in the beginning are these:
Just have fun. Look at your partner as much as you’re comfortable with, and...
Rick Santorum launches CUM: Conservatives Unite... →
nickdouglas:
joshsternberg:
Seriously.
“As a society, we may be disgusted by seeing U.S. Marines urinating on dead...”
– We’re all guilty of dehumanizing the enemy - The Washington Post (via nickdouglas)
punkassjim: War, as a construct, is ancient, and it has fucking rules. “Civilized” societies have been waging wars for millennia, and battlefields are the birthplace of such lofty ideals as valor and...
December 2011
13 posts
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rickwebb's tumblrmajig: SOPA →
rickwebb:
As a major donor to Obama’s last campaign, I get my regularly-scheduled call of them trying to get me to be a bundler. For the last couple months, whenever they call, I tell them that SOPA is a very big deal to me, and I will not donate until he takes a position against it, as written now.
“I…
clapifyoulikeme:
punkassjim:
It’s interesting how you can post two logically unsound pieces of flagrant hyperbole in a row, praising one and lambasting the other. I’m incredibly pro-choice, and very much disgusted by the same things you are, but that “compulsory maternity” thing is just as far out there as the nutjobs in the pro-life windbag dais.
Well, I didn’t “praise” the abortion quote,...
Anil Dash: Questions for the Republican Candidates →
dwineman:
These are gold. My favorites:
Do you pledge not to pursue war crime prosecution against the Taliban when they waterboard our soldiers?
What Sharia laws do you support other than criminalizing homosexuality, shaming assault victims & legalizing theocracy?
When you slash funding for the NIH, how will you notify parents that their children’s cancer treatments are being ended?
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“How many times have you been to a product website and seen big bold letters...”
– Brent Simmons on Twitter’s new nomenclature. Spot-on. (via mrgan)
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Okay, I guess there's more… →
I’ve already sold the first three dark brown Smart Covers that I made, but there are more of those to be had. And, just now, I finished the listings for some black ones, and some reddish-brown ones. They’re made-to-order, for now, so I don’t build it until it’s ordered. Five of each are available. After they’re gone, unless I get a wild hair about a Kickstarter...
November 2011
26 posts
Watchtoldorknown:
PSA: How To Fold Your iPad 2 Smart Cover Back Without It Flopping About
It also provides a nicer thickness for gripping, and (mostly) keeps the microfiber protected.
That’s how I use mine too, but it poses a few problems for me (none of which are huge, but they’re relevant):
It becomes twice the thickness, which you mention is nice for you. For me, it’s...
I made a thing! →
Please share it around, for those who may like such things. I’ve only got two listed on Etsy right now, but I’ve got all the fixins to make about a dozen more. All hand-made by me
Embossed leather “Electric Library” cover for iPad 2
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Who needs a unifying theme anyway?: A note on... →
indefensible:
I have long argued that giving pepper spray and tasers to police officers is a terrible idea.
I believe that by giving the State the ability to inflict astounding pain on people, but for that pain to leave no physical mark, we made it easier for human beings to inflict that punishment on the State’s behalf. Just as shooting someone from 200m away is easier to do than to stab them...
The Steve Jobs biography isn't as great as people...
merlin:
True.
But, many people have seen better tech-editing in a Sky Mall catalog.
Agreed.
However, contrary to Siracusa’s assertions (and Gruber’s agreement), I don’t think that means Jobs picked the wrong author. To me, it says his publisher and editorial staff did a fucking terrible job. It’s not Isaacson’s job to exhibit technical acumen, and honestly, for...
Yelping with Cormac: Taco Bell →
squashed:
yelpingwithcormac
The priest asked the man why he lay there in the square and if perhaps he could be convinced to leave. The man said he had eaten a thing which he should not have and he could not move because the world was revealed to him in its evil and in its beauty. That if he moved he might fall into the sky and never return. The priest assured him that it was not possible to...
